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What’s the incentive for spending any resources on creative works, or research and development? The twilight fanfic 50 shades of gray benefited from becoming it
by GhettoComputers 5y ago
What’s the incentive for spending any resources on creative works, or research and development? The twilight fanfic 50 shades of gray benefited from becoming its own brand as did league of legends from DOTA which was derived from warcraft, when blizzard was making a warhammer 40K game, so you’re not making a great point.
- civilized 5y agoWhy would we believe that the incentive is materially different if copyright is 50 or 30 years rather than 100? The vast majority of earnings on a creative work are in the few decades immediately following release. Who is going "I won't write this book because it might make me money for only 30 years rather than 100"?
- throwawaycities 5y agoHistorically there might be just as many authors (and other artists) who’s works didn’t become popular and make money until after their death, as those that became rich and famous during their lifetime. Of course it seems “times are a changin” and the vast majority of fame comes in the form of a viral and fleeting 15 minutes. Perhaps the law could catch up with the times, by having life imitate art and literally give copyright protection no more than 15 minutes.
- hobs 5y agoHaving maybe less than double typical human lifetimes to exploit their work means "what's the point?" We are in a situation where there is no incentive to create new creative works because you can just exploit a dead person's stuff that's become popular until the end of time for your audience.